Modern Figurative Paintings
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
Landscape - Oil Paint by Amos Cassioli - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an oil painting on pressed cardboard realized by the Italian artist Amos Cassioli in the XIX Century.
Hand signed lower left.
Good condition.
Frame included.
Category
19th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lanscape with river - Oil Paint - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape with River is an oil painting on cardboard realized at the beginning of the 20th century.
Good condition.
Frame included.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
La Salute le Soir - Venice - Modern Landscape Oil Painting by André Hambourg
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed, dated and titled figures in a landscape oil on canvas by French modernist painter Andre Hambourg. This beautiful piece depicts a view of the gondolas on the canal in Venice a...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"People on Horseback" Eva Peron Mural Sketch
Located in Austin, TX
By Gustav Likan
This piece depicts a couple on horseback followed by a man in a red military uniform. A dog runs by the group. This pieces is from the Eva Perón commissioned mural sk...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Via di San Leonardo, Florence (Italy) - Oil Paint - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Via di San Leonardo, Florence (Italy) is an oil painting on pressed cardboard realized at the beginning of the 20th Century.
Good condition (light color degradation).
Frame included.
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's French Portrait of a Stylish Fashioable Lady Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
French School, circa 1960's
indistinctly signed
oil on board, unframed
board: 19 x 12.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: some paint loss t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Figures Celebrating Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Figures
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on card
size: 19.5 x 13 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Heal Heart Heal. Contemporary Mixed Media Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
"Heal Heart Heal"
Original Oil and gold leaf on arches paper, cracked varnish finish. Matted
Signed and dated Image 5" x 7"
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Old Man: Contemporary Figurative Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sympathetic portrayal of old age, really very pretty work by this British artist.
oil and gold leaf on arches paper, cracked varnish finish. Matted and very good condition
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Spanish postwar children oil on burlap painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Agusti Ferre Pino (1884-1960) - Children - Oil on burlap
Oil measurements 100x97 cm.
Frame measurements 107x104 cm.
Painter trained at the La Lonja School of Fine Arts. He became kn...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Burlap, Oil
1940's French Signed Modernist Oil Painting Nude Figure in Room Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude in Interior
by Maurice Delavier (French mid 20th century)
signed and dated 1944
oil on board, unframed
board: 18.5 x 14.5 inches
inscribed verso
provenance: private collection, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman with Arms Crossed
By Byron Browne
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Woman with Arms Crossed
Mixed media collage-painting on stone chip surface, mounted on fabric, mounted on wood support by the artist, 1955
Signed and dated lower center
Image size: 1...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Other Medium
R. QUEYRIE, Walking the Streets, Oil on Hardboard, 1950s
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on hardboard signed R. QUEYRIE, France, 1950s. "Walking the streets". With frame: 55x47 cm - 21.65x18.5 inches - without frame: 46x38cm - 18.1x15 inches. 8F format. Signed "R. Qu...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Beau Temps en Aout - Deauville - Modern Landscape Oil Painting by André Hambourg
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in landscape oil on canvas circa 1980 by French modernist painter Andre Hambourg. This beautiful piece depicts families enjoying a day out at the seaside in the height...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vows Are Spoken Only To Be Broken. Ca 1965.The Flip Hairstyle.Blonde Nude Female
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Tony Giles.
English ( b.1925 - d.1994 ).
Vows Are Spoken Only to be Broken
Oil on Board.
Signed lower right.
Image size 39.6 inches x 29.5 inches ( 100.5cm...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Face, Acrylic on paper by Modern Indian Artist Rabin Mondal “In Stock”
By Rabin Mondal
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Rabin Mondal - Face
14 x 10 Inches
Acrylic on Paper
2018
Mondal was a clear observant of the various migrant workers who lived along his house in the conjected Howrah Area. They c...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Lady Reading In Orange Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021),
Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The kiss
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
American box in black and silver wood
116.5 x 116.5 x 3.5 cm
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Face, Acrylic on paper by Modern Indian Artist Rabin Mondal “In Stock”
By Rabin Mondal
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Rabin Mondal - Face
12 x 9 Inches
Acrylic on Paper
2012
Mondal was a clear observant of the various migrant workers who lived along his house in the conjected Howrah Area. They ca...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Face, Acrylic on paper by Modern Indian Artist Rabin Mondal “In Stock”
By Rabin Mondal
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Rabin Mondal - Face
17 x 14 Inches
Acrylic on Paper
2016
Mondal was a clear observant of the various migrant workers who lived along his house in the conjected Howrah Area. They ca...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Face, Acrylic on Canvas by Modern Indian Artist Rabin Mondal “In Stock”
By Rabin Mondal
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Rabin Mondal - Face
24 x 21 Inches
Acrylic on Canvas
2018
Mondal was a clear observant of the various migrant workers who lived along his house in the conjected Howrah Area. They c...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
1960's French Modernist Large Oil Painting Christ Preaching to Crowd
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Christ Preaching to the Crowd
French Modernist artist, circa 1960's period
oil on board, framed
framed: 27 x 31 inches
board: 20 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, France
co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Brothers
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Brothers" by Ademola Ajayi encapsulates the enduring bond shared between siblings with heartfelt authenticity. Inspired by the poignant sentiment expres...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil
Until Morning Comes
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Until Morning Comes" is a captivating artwork by Boluwatife Victoria Lawal that depicts a tender and intimate moment between a man and a woman. In this evocative piece, the couple i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Walking Home, Contemporary Figurative Cityscape Painting, Landscape Park Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Walking Home [2023]
original
Oil on Canvas
Image size: H:8.5 cm x W:10 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:46 cm x W:55 cm x D:1.5cm
Frame Size: H:60 cm x W:79 cm x D:5cm
Sold Fram...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Boys Swimming Industrial Landscape WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism Modernism
Located in New York, NY
Boys Swimming Industrial Landscape WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism Modernism
Henry Schnakenberg (1982 - 1970)
Boys Swimming Industrial Landscape
11 1/2 x 15 1/2 sight
Oil on Canvas
Signed lower left
14 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches, Framed
Bio
In many cases, American artists visited the Armory Show in New York in 1913, and returned to their studios to react to or against what they saw. However, for Henry Ernest Schnakenberg it was much more life altering. Prior to visiting this important exhibition of American and European modernist art...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1950's French Impressionist Painting Ladies Gossiping On The Town Bridge
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Ladies Gossiping
by Y. Blanchon, French 1950's Impressionist artist
signed gouache on artist paper stuck on paper, unframed
size: 12.5 x 19.5 inches
provenance: from a large private ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
The Waiting Game
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dickens Chang
Born 1948
He designed posters for the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
Chang was born in Honan, his name was Zhang Jianguo before he came to the United States.
The fol...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Daughter's portrait. Cardboard, oil, 98x77 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Daughter's portrait. Cardboard, oil, 98x77 cm
Laimdots Murnieks has said: "I am a sunny artist. The sun and a woman are the center of the world. It is not for nothing that the sun a...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Valentine Couple older tattooed man and woman valentine love theme warm color
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a recently completed oil painting created for valentines day. It is painted on linen canvas mounted on a cradled wood panel. Framing suggested but not required. It is signed...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Linen
American Modernist Oil Stick Drawing, Gray Barn With Red Sliding Doors Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
Oil stick on paper titled "Barn Side with Sliding Doors" by George Vander Sluis (1915-1984) of a grey wooden barn with two windows as well as two r...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Paper
Portrait. Cardboard, oil, 47x45 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Portrait. Cardboard, oil, 47x45 cm
Laimdots Murnieks has said: "I am a sunny artist. The sun and a woman are the center of the world. It is not for nothing that the sun always comes...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Beauchamps Chaud a Trouville - Modern Landscape Oil Painting by André Hambourg
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in a landscape oil on canvas circa 1980 by French modernist painter Andre Hambourg. This beautiful piece depicts families enjoying a day out at the seaside - bathers r...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1950s French Modernist Colorist Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Fashionable Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Fashionable Lady
by Maurice Delavier (French 1902-1986)
signed oil on canvas, unframed
dated 53'
canvas: 16.5 x 13 inches
provenance: private collection, France
conditi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
America impressionist portrait young boy 1937 Modern Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
A fantastic modern portrait of a young boy. This work is signed what appears to be Paul Sellers and dated 1937, but we have not found information on the artist.
The work dated 1936...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Three Figures In Washed Out Tones
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021),
Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jerusalem Samovar Israeli Judaica Eliezer Weishoff Oil Painting Bezalel Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Eliezer Weishoff (Israeli, 20th century)
Still life of kettle (Russian samovar) over a warmer, 1973
Acrylic or oil on canvas
Signed, dated and signed ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil, Canvas
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Blue Figure Outlines
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021),
Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American School Modernist WPA Winter Ice Skating Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive American modernist winter landscape. Detailed and well painted skating scene. Oil on canvas. Nicely framed.
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950's French Modernist Colorist Signed Oil Painting St. Mark's Square Venice
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Piazza San Marco, Venice
by Maurice Delavier (French 1902-1986)
signed oil on canvas, unframed
dated 58'
canvas: 21.5 x 25.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France, with exhib...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Horse and Cowboy Illustration
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cowboy & Horse
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original pencil drawing on card, mounted in a frame
size: 25 x 21 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
prove...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pencil
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Three Blue Abstract Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021),
Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Sat Figure In Pink Robe
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021),
Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pere Creixams Spanish Woman, Oil on Canvas
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Pere Creixams Pico (1893-1965), School of Paris, ca.1920. Beautiful Spanish woman. Provenance: Charpentier Gallery, 76 rue du Faubourg Saint Honore, Paris (Sotheby's...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Portrait of African Woman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021),
Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antidote from the Gods
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Climate change is a serious issue that we must all work together to address. One key solution is the planting of trees. Trees help to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, which...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic, Pencil, Mixed Media
Vintage Mid-Century Expressionist Figurative Swedish Oil Painting - Garden Dance
Located in Bristol, GB
GARDEN DANCE
Size: 54.5 x 46.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
An enchanting and playful figurative landscape composition, executed in oil onto canvas by Swedish artist Uno Vall...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Do you look for hope in other peoples eyes
Located in Zofingen, AG
God, I'm so lonely. I open the window to get rid of this feeling and hear the sounds of people. The sun and sea don’t make me happy. Stone bird on your grave, it doesn’t bother me at all. Someday it won't bother me anymore, but I loved feeling alive. To be alive. It's a shame to leave this feeling. But it's not your fault...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
cant look away
Located in Zofingen, AG
My dreams were especially vivid. I dreamed of us lying together, holding hands. We spoke different languages, but understood each other. Sunlight filtered through the clouds, then th...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
1960's French Expressionist Oil Painting Portrait of Christ Crucifixion
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Christ (The Crucifixion)
by Jean Pierre Stagnaro (French, 1960's)
signed, titled and dated verso
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 18 x 15 inches
provenance: private collection, France...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ovoid, geometrical figural surrealist acrylic painting, Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Ovoid, 1992
Acrylic on canvas
Signed and dated lower right
7.75 x 7.75 inches
9 x 9 inches, framed
Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Сover the long way
Located in Zofingen, AG
After a long way, I always want to smile. This is the end of an old way and the beginning of some new, completely unknown one. The memories will not disappear anywhere and will alway...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
How d i failed to see you
Located in Zofingen, AG
Even though the world outside looks like paradise, it looks like prison bars for me. I have nowhere to go. I give you a bowl with a skull and tell you that this is my breakfast. You ...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
1950's French Post Impressionist Signed Oil Portrait of Young Lady with Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Lady
by Anna de Banguy (French mid 20th century)
signed oil on board, framed
framed: 29 x 23 inches
painting: 23 x 17 inches
provenance: private collection, Franc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting African Model In Purple
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021),
Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Swedish Mid century modern Impressionist landscape of a Village
Located in Woodbury, CT
Choosing to acquire a Swedish mid-20th-century modern Impressionist landscape by Helge Cardell is an opportunity to bring a harmonious blend of artistic innovation and natural beauty...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Figurative Oil Painting - All Together
Located in Bristol, GB
ALL TOGETHER
Size: 55 x 64.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A richly textured mid-century abstract figurative painting, executed in oil onto canvas.
Simple yet effective in it...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
You re just a mango upon dark, Original Figurative Oil Painting by Sava Harris
Located in Zofingen, AG
Mango has always been my favorite fruit; it's soft and looks like a heart. I still love it. Two women hold on to it, and the trees around them spread like ribs. Sometimes, feelings t...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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